Spoiler
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Spoiler could refer to
- Spoiler (media): a document, review, or comment which discloses plot details of a book, play, or film.
- Spoiler (aeronautics): a device to reduce lift.
- Spoiler (automotive): a device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
- Spoiler effect: in politics or gaming, an individual unable to win an election or game for him- or herself, but with the power to determine which player among two or more others does win. In politics, a spoiler is one who takes votes away from one candidate to a disproportionate degree, making certain or likely the election of a third candidate who is less acceptable or totally unacceptable to the backers of the spoiler. Political primaries are full of spoiler candidates. In general elections, discussion of third party candidates often focuses on whether or not they will be spoilers.
Proper nouns:
- Mighty Spoiler: a popular calypso singer, sometimes known as "Spoiler".
- The Spoiler, a secondary character in the DC Comics comic book Robin.
- The SPOILER Comedy Film Project in New York City.